PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
Mise-en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480—1530
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
chansonnier
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choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
oblong
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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occasionally
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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quadruple
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single
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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custodes
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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Flemish
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
8
fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
6
display script
8
textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
5
very high
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Colour of Text
black
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
3
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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Type of script: display script
Penned initials frequency: occasionally
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
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Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F VI 26 d, First quarter of the 16th century, All folios
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